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March 13, 2006
Can India Censor Google Earth?
For almost a year now India has been going back and forth with Google, concerning it's worries that Google Earth's Satelite Photography might be used by enemies of the state to harm Indian goverment targets. Google has yet not agreed to blur these images.
This article (from the great Google Earth obssesed blogger) presents India's options:
(1) Get Google to blur sites on the Indian government's list, globally.
(2) Get Google to blur sites at India's request for Indian IP addresses.
(3) Blur Google's images without Google's consent or cooperation inside India.
(4) Blur Google's images without Google's consent or cooperation, globally. (impossible)
What I find interesting is that all the satellite images of Israel are blured since American satellite photography compenies are not allwed to publish them. Google is legaly allowed to present these images in Google Earth. It only needs to purchase them from non-American companies. That's not the case with India, which does reasure an America-centric bias of Google, despite the China issues.
Posted by mushon at March 13, 2006 01:20 AM